Richard Grey, 6th Earl Grey
British hereditary peer (1939-2013)
Richard Fleming George Charles Grey, 6th Earl Grey (4 March 1939 – 10 September 2013) was a British hereditary peer.
In 1963, he inherited a seat in the House of Lords. In 1999 he was one of those who lost their seats as a result of the House of Lords Act 1999.
Early life and education
The son of Albert Harry George Campbell Grey and his wife Vera Harding, Grey was born at Slough. His father, who was a trooper in the Canadian Armoured Corps was the son of George Archibald Grey (1886–1952) and his wife Margery Campbell, a daughter of William Wilfred Campbell, the Canadian poet; grandson of Francis William Grey (1860–1939), an academic of Ottawa University, who was the son of Admiral George Grey (1809–1891), a younger son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.
Grey was educated at Hounslow College and Hammersmith College of Art and Building, training as a quantity surveyor.
Career
Grey began his working life as a quantity surveyor, but did not get on well with the work. He moved into hotel management, frozen food, and public relations, and also launched Earl Grey Biscuits.
In 1963, he succeeded as Earl Grey, following the death of Charles Grey, 5th Earl Grey, his second cousin twice removed, although he did not inherit the family seat of Howick Hall and its estate, as the 5th Earl broke the entail on the estate and gave it to his grandson Charles Baring, the son of his daughter Lady Mary, wife of Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale.
From 1976, Grey became a full-time member of the House of Lords, taking the Liberal Party whip.
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